SPARE ME FETZER'S BLUES Lyrics

Tie a string around a heart to pull
Watch his head sink like a bow
Hand in his hat, call him the fool
Cause that's the way we catch the tadpole now

Take note from the queen of the hive
Who hides her love like it's what she don't know how
To do unless it's keeping her alive
Cause they're all little boys, but you're a big girl now

Tell them all you don't want their time and what's yours is not mine anyway
And love is just one more useless thing you don't need,
but you can't throw away
So spare me your love today

Something's wrong but they all claim to go with it
Some fools believe some things have gotta change
But real love, real love, I just can't let go of it
Now I'm the one who remains the same
I remain the same, I remain the same, I remain the same

Tell them all you don't want their time and what's yours is not mine anyway
And love is just one more useless thing you don't need,
but you can't throw away
So spare me your love today
Honey, spare me your love today

I want no part in this
Leave my heart out of this
Spare me your love today

Honey, I don't want your time and what's yours is not mine anyway
And love is just one more useless thing you don't need,
but you can't throw away
So spare me your love today
Honey, spare me your love today

In 1965 Vietnam seemed like just another foreign war but it wasn'tIt was different in many ways, as so were tose that did the fightingIn World War II the average age of the combat soldier was 26In Vietnam he was 19In-in-in Vietnam he was 19

The shooting and fighting of the past two weeks continued today25 miles west of SaigonI really wasn't sure what was going on

Hundreds of thousands of men who saw heavy combatIn Vietnam were arrested since dischargeTheir arrest rate is almost twice that of non-veterans of the same ageThere are no accurate figures of how many of these menHave been incarcerated

But a Veterans Administration studyConcludes that the greater of vetsExposure to combat could more likely affect his chancesOf being arrested or convicted

This is one legacy of the Vietnam War

All those who remember the warThey won't forget what they've seenDestruction of men in their primeWhose average was 19

De-de-destructionDe-de-destructionWar, war

De-de-destruction, wa, wa, war, wa, war, warDe-de-destructionWar, war

After World War II the men came home together on troop shipsBut the Vietnam vet often arrived home within 48 hours of jungle combatPerhaps the most dramatic difference betweenWorld War II and Vietnam was coming homeNone of them received a hero's welcome

None of them received a heroes welcome, none of them, none of themNe-ne-ne, ne-ne-ne, none of them, none of them, none of themNone of them received a hero's welcomeNone of them received a hero's welcome

According to a Veteran's Administration studyHalf of the Vietnam combat veterans suffered from whatPsychiatrists callPost-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder

Many vets complain of alienation, rage or guiltSome succumb to suicidal thoughtsEight to ten years after coming homeAlmost eight hundred thousand men are still fighting the Vietnam War

I've done everything I canAll the people that I see I will never understandIf I find a way to change, if I step into the lightThen I'll never be the same, and it all will fade to whiteEver on and on I continue circlingWith nothing but my hate in a carousel of agony

I've done everything I canAll the people that I see I will never understandIf I find a way to change, if I step into the lightThen I'll never be the same, and it all will fade to whiteEver on and on I continue circlingWith nothing but my hate in a carousel of agony